The Lower Yuba River is on fire right now with abundant
hatches of March Browns, and Pink Alberts! This is it, exceptional dry fly
fishing but as usual on the Lower Yuba bring you’re A game, you're going to
need it. It was so intense at one point today we just stopped fishing, and
watched the show. Observations can be the best teacher if you’re willing to
take a break, and learn. Fishing pressure was light today, flows are at 576
cubes with a minimal Deer Creek factored in, and water temps have bumped up a
bit to 53 degrees.
My guests and I started out nymphing today with very little
action, then at 10 am all hell broke loose. Wild rainbows started to rise
everywhere, and many in very skinny water. We hooked several nice fat rainbows
17-20”, landing them was an issue though. When hooked these superior athletes
of a trout turn on the afterburners and rocket downstream. Sometimes you just
can’t stop them.
The Skwala hatch is waning, but keep in mind these fish will
still look for them in the afternoons in the side water foam lines. Right now
it’s all about the March Browns and the Pinkies, whether on top or a drowned
emerger just below the film. Effective dries; March Brown Sparkle Comparaduns
#14, Parachute Pink Alberts #14, and Quigley’s Pink Albert Hackle Stackers #16.
5x tippet will get more grabs but be easy on the fight, or you’ll pop the knot
in an instant. One tip I will share is your dry fly presentation must be fly
first, downstream, without any drag, while bump mending and paying out line for
long drifts. It’s a hard presentation to master, but a learned skill that will
decide success or failure. Yeah, this is it, now is the time on the Lower Yuba.
Seek your quest.
Lupine reaching for the sky on the banks of the Lower Yuba.
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